Pet feeding system

Inactive Publication Date: 2000-05-16
MACRINA JOHN L
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It is thus an object of the invention to provide a Pet Feeding System that allows a user to monitor the operation of the system by placing a phone call to his / her house.

Problems solved by technology

These automatic pet feeders are useful for their stated purposes however there has never been an automated pet feeding system as the present which allows a user to monitor the operation of the pet feeding system by placing a telephone call to one's house.

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It can be seen from the following description that a user who owns a pet and would like to be sure that the pet receives food and water on a regular basis would utilize the pet feeding system by first filling the feeding system's reservoirs. Food is added to the food reservoir through a lid while water is added to a similar reservoir. Next the user would connect his / her incoming telephone line to the feeding system and connect his / her telephone answering machine to the female telephone jack on the feeding system. The user would then set the timer and clock on the feeding system to release food and water at a certain time. The pet feeding system also includes food and water reservoir and bowl sensors which are electrically connected to a monitoring circuit which intern sends a signal to a control circuit which activates valves positioned between the reservoirs and bowls thereby providing automatic food and / or water release into the bowls.

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An automatic pet feeder system which allows a user to monitor the operation of the pet feeding and determine whether or not the pet feeding system is operating normally by placing a phone call to his or her house. The invention includes both a water reservoir and food reservoir which are each in connection with a separate bowl while monitoring sensors in the reservoirs and bowls determine the level of food and/or water and which when necessary indicate through a monitoring circuit to a controller to actuate an inlet valve to allow either food or water to enter into the appropriate bowl. The control circuit includes a telephone relay disconnect with an inlet and outlet telephone line while a regular telephone answering machine is attached to an outlet line from the automatic feeder so that when an interruption in the systems's operation is encountered the telephone answering machine is disconnected through the relay alerting the user to a feeding system malfunction. A timing device is provided in line with the control circuitry and provides a device for releasing food into the reservoirs at a given time. An auxiliary power battery is provided in line with conventional AC power cord for powering the system.

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The present invention relates to devices and methods for automatic pet feeders and more particularly to devices and methods for an automatic pet feeding system that comprises a metered and monitored system in connection with a water reservoir, watering bowl, food reservoir, and food bowl and a monitoring circuit including a disconnect relay having a plug that is positioned in line with a telephone line of a household answering machine while the system's monitoring circuit monitors the level of food and water within the respective reservoirs and bowls and also indicates whether programmed feeding and watering have taken place on time and whether an error exists in the operation of the unit so that a person may monitor the operation of the system by placing a telephone call to the household to determine if the system has malfunctioned.There have been numerous automatic pet feeders described and patented which include various levels of automation. These automatic pet feeders are useful...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A01K5/02A01K5/00A01K7/00A01K7/02
CPCA01K7/02A01K5/0291
Inventor MACRINA, JOHN L.
Owner MACRINA JOHN L
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